The Vagina Monologues -- even more hilarious in Hindi
Vagina in English, Yoni in Hindi, and absolutely nothing lost in translation
Love, sex, menstruation, orgasm, rape, mutilation -- the yoni has plenty to speak about in Hindi.In August co-directors and producers Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal and her son Kaizaad attempted to Indianize Eve Ensler's world-famous play in English.
It worked. I know because I was part of the audience at new The Comedy Store.
Like everyone else, I was blown away and begging for more.
More of the old Parsi lady! More of the hot-blooded Punjabi chick! The only thing to top them now is staging the Hindi version.
A couple years of ago, Kotwal tells us, yelling out the word vagina meant she and her son couldn't book a Mumbai stage without frightening off both venue owners and actresses. This weekend they've got The Comedy Store and they're bringing it on in Hindi. That's applause-worthy.
